Table-top protector.



O. WINTER. TABLE TOP PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1910.

1,034,852. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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UNITED STATES lFATENT QFFICE.

OSCAR WINTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIi.

TABLE-T01 PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application filed April 28. 1910. Serial No. ?,738.

tain new and usefullrnprovements in Table- Top Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements for producing a soft, pliable and noiseless sectional dining table pad as a protection of the table top from injury by hot dishes, or liquids spilled on the table spread.

To accomplish the objects desired there is first an inner course of heat. resisting material, such as asbestos or other equally suitable material, and inclosing this inner course there is an envelop or covering of impervi ous material, to prevent any moisture or liquid passing to theinner layer of heat resisting material, which would tend to its disintegration. There are also embodied means whereby the sectional members may be uniformly folded into .compact space, without danger of creasing or presenting a ridge or groove on the exterior covering, all of which will be more. definitely set forth in the specification. It must be understood that a protector or pad comprises several comp'l is and separate sections shaped to conform to thetable top, when laid edge to edge.

The protector is illustrated in the accompanying drawing where similar parts are designated by similar reference characters.

throughout the views which Figure l'isa view of a semicircular section contiprising the heat resisting material impervious protecting envelop or cover, and its anti creasing and grooving is a central course 1 of heat resisting mate rial, which may be of one or more layers,

governed by the size of the section, as required by the size or shape of the table to be covered. Enclosing the inner course of best resisting material 1 there is an envelop or protection 2, 3 of impervious fabric, the .iiembers 1, 2, 3 being continuous throughout each and every section. In Fig. 1 it will be seen that the members 1, 2, 3 are secured together by lines of stitching 4, 5 and also upon their outer edges 6, 7 and as thereis no use of glue, cen:ient, paste or other adhesives the sections are soft, pliable and noiseless.

At 8, 9 there are. lines of perforations '10.

laying away or storing, without- .any liability of breakage or disintegratiom-and, to

protect member 1 from any possibilityof becoming dampened or wet, an impervious lap or cover strip 11 is laid over the perforations 10 and secured by a line of stitches l2. central on the line of perforations 10, and side. lines of stitches 12*, 12". Over edge of strips 11 there are side strips 13, 14 their inner edges close together, with lines of stitches 15, 16 and central lines of stitches 17, 18 which confine the edges of strips 11 preferably at one side of the impervious cover or envelop;- this makes a folding line which presents no groove or ridge when the section is unfolded, but an [absolutely smooth surface under the outer cover. Line 8 presents the first stage of the folding line, and "line 9 the co-n'ipletion of all of the folding lines. i

In Figs. 3, a section is shown with an exterior covering 19, 20 and rows of stitch- The section illustrated Figs. 1, 2 without an exterior cov ring, is especially adapt ed to the wants of purchasers who prefer to furnish the outer covers, and to those who prefer a protector without the cost of the outer cover, which can be used under the table spread with equal protection and eiticiency.

Fig. 5 illustrates a section adapted to cover extension 1 es, its construction is every way similar '0 F 1, except'as to contour, and with a cover similar to Fig. 3, except as to conto r, and is folded on lines 33, 34:, with a central line of stitching I claim-- 1. In a table top protector, the combination of a central course of heat-resisting material continuous throughout the same,

an envelop therefor consisting of material impervious to throughout the same; said heatoesisting material and said envelop each having a series of perforations therethrough arranged in a coinciding line; and means se cured to the protector and coinciding with the series of perforations for uniting the heat-resisting material and the envelop inipervious to moisture so that the corresponding series of perforations in each material will be held in line. l

2, In a table top protector, the combination of a central course of heat-resisting material continuous throughout e same, an -envelop therefor consisting ofmaterial impervious to. moisture also continuous throughout the same; said heat-resisting material and said envelop each having series of perforations therethrough arranged in coinciding lines; and means consisting of lines of stitching coinciding With the series of perforations uniting the heat-resisting mate rial and the envelop impervious to mo1stureso that the corresponding series of perforations in each material will he held in line.

.3. In a table top protector, the combinationof a central course of heat-resisting material, an envelop therefor consisting of material imperviousto moisture; said heatresisting material and said envelop each having a series of perforations therethrough arranged in a coinciding line; a covering located outside the said envelop impervious to moisture, and means consisting of a line of stitches coinciding with the series of perforations for uniting the heatresisting material and the material impervious to moisture so that the corresponding series of perforations in each material Will be held in line.

moisture also continuous- 4. In a table top protector, the combination' of a central course of heat resisting material continuous throughout the same, a. covering or envelop therefor of impervious fabric also continuous throughout the same, lines of perforations through the interior course and its impervious envelop or cover ing, and central lines of impervious cover strips secured over the lines of perforations.

5. In a table top protector, the combination of a central course of heat resisting material continuous throughout the same, a covering or envelop therefor of impervious fabric also continuous throughout the same, lines of perforations through the interior course and its impervious envelop or covering, central lines of impervious cover strips secured over the lines of perforations, and side lines of cover strips secured over the edges of the centralline of cover strips, their adjacent edges being slightly separated. 7

6. In a table top protector, the combination of a central course of heat resisting material continuous throughout the same, a covering or envelop therefor of impervious fabric also continuous throughout'the same, lines of perforations through the-interior course and its impervious envelop or covering, central lines of impervious cover stri s secured over the lines of perforations, si e lines of cover strips secured over the edges of the central line of cover str ps, their adjacent edges being slightly separated, and

an outer covering of suitable material.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OSCAR WINTER.

W itnesses CHARLES WILLIAMS, R. C. \VRIGHT. 

